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Antibacterials: Hybrid Antibacterial Fabrics with Extremely High Aspect Ratio Ag/AgTCNQ Nanowires (Adv. Funct. Mater. 8/2014)
Author(s) -
Davoudi Zahra Mohammad,
Kandjani Ahmad Esmaielzadeh,
Bhatt Anand I.,
Kyratzis Ilias L.,
O'Mullane Anthony P.,
Bansal Vipul
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201470047
Subject(s) - materials science , nanowire , nanotechnology , aqueous solution , metal , tetracyanoquinodimethane , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , metallurgy , molecule , chemistry , engineering
A new application of metal‐tetracyanoquinodimethane charge‐transfer complexes for efficient antimicrobial performance is discovered by V. Bansal and co‐workers. On page 1047, long AgTCNQ nanowires of >4000 aspect ratio are grown onto a fabric surface. The high surface area of the 3D interwoven network of AgTCNQ nanowires and the low aqueous solubility of this material allow the AgTCNQ fabric unprecedented antibacterial performance over pristine Ag fabric due to slow Ag+ ion release characteristics.